Mississippi John hurt

I chose John Hurts song, I Shall Not be Moved and mixed that with the reading by Betsy to form my project for this week. I was influenced most by the section from the reading when John asked Max about what he thought soul meant. 

one time Max was

singing along about

the soul not thinking

of the words at all

but only the throes

and thrum of chords

and John asked him

what he meant by soul

and Max couldn’t say

a single word

and John said

soul meant

the spirit the body

the personality

everything  the entire man

the whole man

that was soul

The lead to me read into the line in the song " just like a tree that's planted by the water, i shall not b moved." I read into that as a metaphor for internal strength that comes from the same soul that Max describes.